Stock for neckwear.



J. E. SIPPERLY. STOCK FDR NECKWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I4. [9]].

1,299,514. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

UNITED JOHN EDGAR SIPPERLY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, .A SSIGNOR TO UNITED SHIRT & COLLAR COMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

STOCK FOR NECKWEAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN EDGAR SIPPERLY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Troy, in the; county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stocks for Neckwear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in stocks for neckwear and the invention consists in the novel construction to be more fully hereinafter and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings to be taken as a part of this specification and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a stock embodying my invention, in extended condition;

Fig. 2 is a perspective, viewed from the front, of the stock in the.position it assumes when being worn;

Fig. 3 is a perspective, viewed from the rear, of the stock in the position when being worn;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the stock when being worn, as viewed from the side thereof;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the stock taken from front to rear thereof and showing the interior of one side thereof in elevation;

Fig. 6 is a plan View in extended condition of another form of stock embodying the invention; and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings 'by characters of reference, 1 designates generally a stock body which may be of one or morethicknesses of material suitable for the purpose, for example, percale or other fabric. In the form shown, the body preferably consists of inner and outer layers or plies 2, 3, laid face to face and curved on their upper and lower edges as at 4, 5, so as to be shaped to conform properly when worn, to the neck-band of a shirt (not shown) and the neck of the wearer, said curved edges being preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 14, 1917. Serial N 0. 186,100.

substantially parallel throughoutthe length of the body, so that when the body is applied to the neck-band of a shirt, said body will be of substantially the same height throughout itslength. At the ends of the body the plies are formed preferably on abrupt curves joining the upper and lower edges of the body, as indicated at 6, and the plies are preferably secured together by a marginal hem or line of stitches 7 extending entirely around the upper, lower and end edges of the body. The body is preferably provided with means for attaching it to a shirt neck-band, said means preferably consisting of a buttonhole 8 which may be located at a point substantially midway between the ends of the stock bodythat is, at a point at the front of the stock when the same is being worn. It will be understood that the buttonhole is adapted to engage a button, stud, or other fastening, carried by r shirt neck-band. My invention is not limited to the particular location or form of the means for attaching the stock to the neckband of a shirt, and in fact said means may be omitted altogether if other means than a button or its equivalent be used for fastening the stock to a neck-band.

To each end of the stock body is secured preferably by stitching, a flexible string 9. preferably consisting of a soft tape which is narrower than the width or height of the stock body, and relatively more flexible, and preferably thinner or of less thickness, one or both of which strings may cooperate with means to be presently described to secure the stock in place. Arranged at points preferably intermediate the middle portion of the stock body and the ends thereof, are loop members 10 preferably consisting of tape or other suitable fabric laid on the face of the inner ply and having the ends thereof secured adjacent the upper and lower edges of the stock body by the said lineof stitches 7, as indicated at 11. These loop members are preferably stitched to the inner ply by a line of stitches l2 -extending-5transversely of the loop members intermediatetheuupper and lower ends thereof, and forining a passage 13 between the loop member-l andlthe inner ply at a point at the lower edge portion of the stock body. The stitching 12 preferably extends only through the said tape and-the inner ply 3.

hen the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is to be worn, the body of the Stock may be connected to the shirt neckband by engaging the button hole 8 with the stud, button, or other attaching means (not shown) on the forward end of the shirt neck-band. The ends of the stock bod are then carried rearwardly about the nec of the wearer and overlapped at the rear of the neck, and the strin underlying end is passed through the loop located on the inner ply of the opposite end of the body from that to which said underlyingstring is secured, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings, said string 9 being then brought forwardly around the neck of the wearer and the end thereof brought beneath the lower edge of the stock body at a point preferably adjacent the front portion of the stock body, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to be on the outer side of the stockbody. The other string 9 attached to the overlying end of the stock is carried around the outer face of the stock and tied jto v the loop-engaging string 9 preferably at a point adjacent the front of the stock body, as indicated at 14 in Figs. 2, l and 5. It will be understood that the stock is tightened or adjusted to the neck of the wearer by pulling the strings 9 in opposite directions so as to move the ends of the stock body toward each other and in overlapping relation to each other until the stock body fits the neck of the wearer. I do not limit myself to the formation of a loop by a tape extending entirely across the inner ply of the stock or secured in the manner described, and shown in Figs. 1 to- 5, but this construction and arrangei'nent will be found advan tageous in manufacture because the upper and lower ends of the loop can be properly secured by the marginal line of stitches 7. The lineof stitches 12 may also be omitted but I prefer to employ them because the position of the underlyin string 9 is located closely adjacent the lower edge of the stock body which insures the underlying end of the body being held down in proper position and prevents it from sliding up above the upper edge of the other end of the. stock body;

The ends of the stock body are made blunt or abrupt-1y curved, so that the underlying end will not be pulled through the passage 13 of the loop 10. I

Itwill be understood that but one of said loops is necessary, because when the stock is being worn there is only one underlying end carrying a string 9 which can be passed through a loop, but it may in certain cases be preferable to provide more than one loop,

9 carried by the ing spaced apart to provide an intervening.

strip 16 which serves as a loop. The slits are preferably of considerably less length than the width of the stock body, the lower ends of the slits being located adjacent the lower edge of the stock body, and the-upper ends thereof being located at a point approximating the longitudinal median line of said body. The slits are preferably bound by buttonhole stitching 17 In use this form of the invention is appliedin the same manner as described with reference to the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the underlying tape or string 9 being passed through the slit 15 nearest the opposite end of the stock body, then beneath the intervening strip 16, and out through the. other slit 15.

It will be noted that in both forms of the invention shown and described that there are no cuts or slits through the outer ply, so that the latter may be made continuous from end to end, with the exception of the buttonhole 8, should one be employed.

\Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States is 1. A stock for neckwear, comprisin a stock body having a loop on its under-face and flexible strings connected to the ends of said body, one of said strings cooperating with said loop. I

2. A stock for neckwear, comprising'a stock body made of inner and outer plies, the outer ply being continuous, the inner ply having a loop, and flexible strings connected to the ends of said body, one of said strings cooperating with said loop.

3. A stock for neckwear, comprising, a

stock body having a loop onits under-face, and flexible strings connected to the ends of.

said body, one of said strings cooperating with said loop, one of sald ends being formed so as to prevent passage thereof through- A stock for neckwear, comprising a.

for neckwear, comprising a.

stock .body having acontinuous outer ply, a

loop on. theunderside of said body, said loop: being formed by a strip located at. the

lower portion of said body and extending being Wider than the passage through said 10 transversely of said body, and flexible strings loop. connected to the ends of said body, one of In testimony whereof I have hereunto said strings cooperating with said 100p. signed my name in the presence of two sub- 6. A stock for neckwear, comprising a scribing witnesses.

stock body, a loop on the under-face of said JOHN EDGAR SIPPER-LY.

stock body, and flexible strings connected to \Vitnesses:

the ends of said body, oneof said strings 00- E. H. HAMMOND,

operating with said loop, one of said ends H. P. Boon.

Cable: 01' this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patent. Washington, D. 0. 

